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A  TRUE  REPORTE 

OF 

Martin    Frobisher's 

VOYAGE,    1577, 

BY 

DIONYSE  SETTLE. 
London,  1577. 


JO   Copies  printed. 


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Hi 


& 


A  true  reporte  of 

the  lafte  voyage  into  the 
Weft  Httd  povtliwrft  nai- 

oas,  l^c.  1577.  worthily  atcBie- 
ued  by  Capteine  Frobi  flier  of 
the  fayde  voyage  the  firft 
nnder  and  Ge- 
neral). • 

JVitb  a  defcripHoH  of  the  people 

there  inhabiting,  and  other 

circumjlanees 

notable. 

ffiliittm  bg  Diony  fe  Settle,  ont  of 

%  comnamt  m  t^t  fagbe  bo^- 

ajt,  anb  Imtant  to  t^e  lllg^t 

^nonxable  t^e  6arU 

of  Cumberland. 

AT//  mortalibus  arduum  eft. 

^  Imfrinted  at  Lon- 

don  by  Henrie  Middle- 
ton.  Anno.  1577. 


U 


^   A  RTTHME  DECASVLL  ABI- 

call,  vpon  this  laji  luckie  voyage  ofwortbie 

Capteine  Frobijher,  1 577. 

THrough  fundrie  fomtng  fretes.andllorining  (Ireightes, 
That  ventrous  knight  of  Ithac'  foyle  did  faile : 
Againft  the  force  of  Syrens  baulmed  beightes. 
His  noble  (kill  and  courage  did  preuaile. 
His  hap  was  hard,  his  hope  yet  nothing  fraile. 
Not  ragged  Rockes,  not  finking  Syrtes  or  fands 
His  ftoutnefle  ftaide,  from  viewing  forreigne  lands. 

That  Poets  penne  and  paines  was  well  employ d. 

His  braines  bedeawd  with  dropps  of  ParnafFe  fpring : 

Whereby  renowne  deferued  he  enioyd. 

Yea,  nowe  (though  dead)  the  Mufes  fweetly  fing, 

Melodioufly  by  note,  and  tuned  firing. 

They  found  in  th'  eares  of  people  farre  and  neere, 
Th'  exceeding  praife  of  that  approued  Peere. 

A  right  Heroicall  heart  of  Britanne  blood, 
Vlylfes  match  in  (kill  and  Martiall  might : 
For  Princes  fame,  and  countries  fpeciall  good. 
Through  brackilh  feas  (where  Neptune  reignes  by  right) 
Hath  fafely  faild,  in  perils  great  defpight : 
The  Golden  fleece  (like  lafon)  hath  he  got. 
And  rich  returnd,  faunce  lofle  or  lucklefle  lot. 

O  that  I  had  old  tfomers  worthy  witt, 
O  that  I  had,  this  prefent  houre,  his  head  : 
With  penne  in  hand,  then  mufing  would  I  fitt. 
And  our  Vlyfles  valiant  venture  fpread 
In  vaunting  verfe,  that  when  his  corps  is  dead, 
(Which  long  may  Hue)  his  true  renowne  may  reft. 
As  one  whome  God  aboundantly  hath  bleit. 

Abraham  Fleming. 


%  To  the  Right  honourable 

and  my  (ingular  good  Lord,  George  Earle  of 

Cumberland,  Baron  Clifford,  Lord  of  Skipton 

and  VeiTeie :  his  humble  feruaunt  Dionyfe  Settle, 

wiflieth  the  fulnefle  of  all 

perfeft  felicitie. 


Vr  both  is,  and  hath  beene,  {Jtigbt 
Honourable)  the  bountie  of  a  nobte 
mynde,  not  to  cxpeR  remuneration 
orfatijfa£lionfor  liberalitie frankly 
beflateed.  It  both  is,  and  alfo  bath 
beene  accounted  a  great  vice,  to 
I  feeme  vntbankfull,  or  a:  the  leaft 
not  fomtbing  carefull,  of  tobom, 
when,  and  bow,  we  Jhould  receiue  liberalitie.  I  am  not 
obliuious,  neitber  carelejfe,  wben,  and  bow,  your  Honour 
(aboue  my  expectation)  nobly  fatiffied  tbe  requeft  of  me  your 
bumble  feruant.  I  am  mojl  ajfured,  tbat  tbe  vertue  of 
your  noble  beart  expeHetb  notbing  of  me,  but  tbat  your 
goodneffe  might  abound  to  my  profte:  vpon  wbicb  occafion, 
and  bicaufe  I  would  not  be  accounted  ingratefull,  I  baue 
botb  boldly  pajfed  tbe  limittes  of  my  duetie,  and  alfo  vnlearn- 
edly  taken  vpon  me  to  fet  foortb  fame  tbing  wortbie  notice, 
in  tbis  laji  voyage  of  our  Capteine  and  Generall,  Majler 
Martine  Frobijber,  your  Honours  wortbie  Countrie  man : 
vnder  wbome  {as  your  Honours  vnwortbie  feruant)  I  was 
one  in  tbe  faid  voyage.     By  bis  great  diligence,  tbe  voyage 

it 


191S55 


6  The  Epiflle  Dedicatorie. 

is  worthily  Jinijbtd :  whereby  I  am  perfuaded,  that  he  will 
refell  the  rehear/all  of  thoje  opprobrious  wordes,  namely, 
that.  All  euill  cometh  from  or  hath  originall  in  the 
North :  not  onely  he,  but  many  wortbie  fubjeaes  more. 

I  haue  publijbed  this  fcantling,  vnder  the  noble  title  of 
your  Honour,  to  whom  I  offer  the  fame  in  dedication  : 
which,  though  it  be  not  decorated  with  good  learning,  apte 
for  the  fitting  foorth  of  fo  notahle  a  matter  :  yet,  the  fame 
is  beautified  with  good  will  and  trueth.  Where  in  your 
Honour,  {ifitjballfo  pleafe  you)  for  recreation  fake,  may 
vnderftand,  what  people,  countries,  and  other  commodities 
we  haue  found  out,  fince  our  departure  from  England, 
which  haue  not  ben  knowne  before.  Thus,  prefuming  vpon 
hope  and  affurance  of  your  Honours  pardon  for  my  bolde 
attempt  herein,  '  reft  humbly  at  your  Lordftfips  commaunde- 

ments  :  wiflfing  your  time  fo  fpent  in  this  world,  that 

you  may  inioy  the  felicitie  in  the 

worlde  to  come. 

Amen. 

Your  Lordlhips  moft  hum- 
ble  feruaunt  to  commaund, 

Dionyfe  Settle. 


To 


To  the  Chriftian 

Reader. 

fVch  countries  and  people 
(good  Chriftian  Reader) 
which  almofl  from  the 
deluge,  or  at  the  leaft, 
fo  long  as  anye  humane 
creature  hath  had  habi- 
tation on  the  earth,  haue 
of  late  yeres,  by  y"  induftrie  of  diligent 
fearchers  ben  explored:  it  hath  likewife 
pleafed  God,  y*  they  (hould  be  found  out 
by  thofe  people,  which  for  the  tempera- 
ture of  their  habitati6,  are  mod  apt  to 
atchiue  the  fame.  As  for  example,  the 
Spaniards,  the  Weft  Indies.  Spaine  is 
fituated  much  more  neere  y"  Tropike  of 
Cancer,  then  other  Chriftian  countries 
be  :  wherby,  the  Spaniards  are  better  able 
to  tolerate  Phoebus  burning  beames,  then 
others  whiche  are  more  Septentrional 
th6  they.  Wherfore,  I  fuppole  them  the 
moft  apte  men  for  the  inioying  of  the 
habitation  of  the  Weft  Indies :  and  efpe- 
,  cially 


8  •      To  the  Reader. 

daily  fo  much,  as  is  vexed  with  contin- 
ual heate,  or  that  is  agreeable  to  their 
temperature,  God  hath  ben  pleafed  that 
they,  as  the  moft  apt  people,  fhould  both 
explore  &  inioy  y"  fame.  Semblably,  y" 
Portugals,  whofe  temperature  is  corre- 
fpondent  to  y"  Spaniards,  God  is  alfo  con- 
tented, that  they  haue  explored  Africa, 
euen  through  the  burning  Zone,  both 
the  Weft  and  South  coaft,  v/ith  al  y*  coaft 
of  Afia,  vnto  the  Oriental  cape  therof, 
and  the  Iflands  adiacent  to  them  both : 
wherefore,  both  for  their  habitation,  and 
temperature,  I  account  them  y"  moft  apt 
people  to  atchiue  y*  fame,  and  to  reape 
the  benefite,  where  about  they  haue  taken 
no  fmall  paines  and  labor.  In  like  man- 
er,  the  French  men,  where  y°  Spaniards 
thought  y*  place  not  apt  for  their  tem- 
perature, difcouered  Noua  Francia,  and 
other  places  in  America:  wherfore,  I 
iudge  them  worthie  the  commoditie 
thereof,  as  people  moft  apt  to  inioy  and 
poffefle  the  fame.     Laftly,  it  hath  plefed 

God, 


To  the  Reader.  9 

God,  at  this  prefent,  by  the  great  dili- 
gence &;  care  of  our  worthie  Countrie- 
man,  Mailer  Martine  Frobifher,  in  the 
1 8.  and  19.  yeare  of  ourp  Oueenes  Maief- 
ties  reigne,  to  difcouer,  for  the  vtilitie  of 
his  Prince  and  Countrie,  other  regions 
more  Septentrional,  .len  thofe  before 
I'ehearied :  which,  from  tine  beginning, 
as  vnknowne  till  nowe,  haue  bene  con- 
cealed and  hidden.  Which  difcouerie,  I 
iudge  moft  apt  for  vs  Engliih  men,  and 
more  agreeing  to  our  temperature,  then 
others  aboue  rehearfed.  I  leaue  the 
famous  difcouerie  of  Mofcouie,  and  other 
countries  on  thofe  partes,  (whiche  of  late 
yeares  haue  bene  explored  by  the  induf- 
trie  of  other  our  worthie  countrimen)  to 
the  diligent  Reader:  whereby  he  may 
confider,  that  this  our  countrie,  hath  fol- 
tered  vp  men  of  no  lefle  value  and  excel- 
lencie,  then  thofe,  which  are  intituled. 
The  fecond,  thirde,  and  fourth  Neptune. 
And  doubtleffe,  hee,  by  whofe  endeuour 
this  laft  difcouerie  of  the  world  is  explo- 
red. 


lo  To  the  Reader. 

red,  may  bee  celebrated  as  well  with  the 
title  of  Aeolus,  as  alfo  of  Neptune.  By 
whofe  Angular  knowledge  and  cunning, 
God  hath  preferued  vs  in  this  voyage, 
from  bothe  their  cruell  daungers. 

Thus  (Chriftia  Reader)  thou  maift  per- 
ceiue,  that  the  worlde,  of  late  yeares,  hath 
beene  difcouered  by  fundrie  regions  of 
this  our  Europe  :  which  God  hath  fo  di- 
uided  in  the  exploring  of  the  fame,  that 
it  feemeth  apt  and  agreeable  to  the  difco- 
uerer,  more  then  to  any  other,  to  inioy 
all  fuch  commodities  as  they  yealde  and 
afFoorde.  Confider  alfo,  that  Chriftians 
haue  difcouered  thefe  countries  and  peo- 
ple, which  fo  long  haue  lyen  vnknowne, 
and  they  not  vs  :  which  plainely  may  ar- 
gue, that  it  is  Gods  good  will  and  plea- 
fure,  that  they  fhould  be  inftrufted  in  his 
diuin^  feruice  and  religion,  whiche  from 
the  beginning,  haue  beene  nouzeled  and 
nouriftied  in  Atheifme,  grofle  ignorance, 
and  barbarous  behauiour.  Wherefore, 
this  is  my  iudgement,   (in   conclulion) 

that 


To  the  Reader. 


1 1 


that  who  fo  euer  can  winne  them  from 
their  infidelitie,  to  the  perfedl  knowledge 
of  his  diuine  inftitutions  and  feruice,  hee 
or  they  are  worthie  to  receiue  the  great- 
eft  rewarde  at  Gods  hands,  and  the  grea- 
ter benefites  from  thofe  countries,  which 
he  hath  difcouered.     Fare  well. 


A  true 


T  A  true  report  of  Cap- 

'f '"^f'^'n  ^'^^''  ^''  ^^^  voyage  into 

the  Weft  and  Northweft  regions, 

this  prefentyere  1577.  With 

a  defcription  of  the  people 

there  inhabiting. 

:N  Whitfunday 
laft  part,  being 
the  26.  of  May, 
in  this  prefent 
yeare  of  our 
Lorde  God  i,- 

j?    iwL       J  ^77-   Capteine 

trobtjher  departed  from  Blacke 
IVally  with  one  of  the  Queenes 
Maiefties  fhippes,  called  The  Aide, 
of  nine  fcore  tunne,  or  there 
aboutes:  and  two  other  little 
Barkes  likewife,  the  one  called 
The  Gabriel,  whereof  Maifter 
Fenton  a  Gentlema  of  my  Lord 

of 


1  : 


iii. 


14  The  laji  voyage 

of  Warwicks  was  Capteine :  and 
the  other,  The  Michael,  whereof 
Maifter  Torke  a  Gentleman  of 
my  Lorde  Adnierals  was  Captein, 
accompanied  with  feuen  fcore 
gentlemen,  fouldiers  and  faylers, 
well  furnifhed  with  victuals,  and 
other  piouifio  neceffarie  for  one 
halfe  yere,  on  this  his  feconde 
voyage,  for  the  further  difcoue- 
ring  of  the  paflage  to  Cataia,  and 
other  countries  therevnto  adia- 
cent,  by  Weft  and  Northweft 
Nauigations :  whiche  paflage,  or 
way,  is  fuppofed  to  be  on  the 
North  and  Northweft  partes  of 
America:  and  the  fayd  America 
to  be  an  Iflande  inuironed  with 
the  fea,  where-through  our  Mer- 
chaunts  might  haue  courfe  and 
recourfe  with  their  merchandize, 
from  thefe  our  Northernmoft 
parts  of  Europe,  to  thofe  oriental 
coafts  of  AJia,  in  much  (horter 

time 


ofCapteineFrobiJher, 

time,  and  with  greater  benefit 
then  any  others,  to  their  no  little 
commoditie  and  proiite  that  doe 
traffique  the  fame.  Oure  fayde 
Capteine  and  Generall  of  this 
prefent   voyage    and    companie, 

YTV^V^'^  before,  with  two 
little  Pinnifies,  to  his  great  daun- 
ger  and  no  fmall  commendations 
giuen  a  worthy  attempt  towardes 
the  performaunce  thereof,  is  alfo 
preft  (when  occafion  (hall  bemin- 
iltred,  to  the  benefite  of  his  Prince 
and  natiue  countrie)  to  aduenture 
him  felfe  further  therein.    As  for 
th^  fecond  voyage,  it   feemeth 
lufficient,  that  he  hath  better  ex- 
plored and  fearched  the  commod- 
ities of  thofe  people  and  coun- 
tries, with  fufficient  commoditie 
vnto  the  aduenturers,  which  in  his 
hrft  voyage  the  yeare  before  he 
had  round  out. 

Upon    which    confiderations, 
•  the 


15 


1 6  The  laji  voyage 

the  day  and  yeare  before  expreiT- 
ed,  we  departed  from  Blacke  Wall 
to  Harwiche,  where  making  an 
accomplifhmentof  thinges  necef- 
farie,  the  laft  of  Maye  we  hoyfed 
vp  failes,  and  with  a  mery  winde 
^^A  n'  7*  therof  we  arriued  at  the 

chades/or  Ifl^"^s  Called  OrchadeSy  or  vul- 
Orkney.    garly  Orkney,  being  in  number 
30.  fubiedt  and  adiacent  to  Scot- 
land, where  we  made  prouifion 
of  freflie  water :    in   the  doing 
whereof,  our  Generall  licenced 
the  Gentlemen  and  Souldiers,  for 
their  recreation,  to  go  on  (hoare. 
The  Or-  At  our  landing,  the  people  fled 
chadeans   f,.Qjj^  their  poore  cotages,  with 

vpon  fmall  ^     .,  ,*     ,  ° 

occafion  mrikes  and  alarums,  to  warne 
fled  their  their  neighbors  of  enimies :  but 
by  gentle  perfuafions  we  reclaim- 
ed them  to  their  houfes.  It 
feemeth  they  are  often  fri,^hted 
with  Pirates,  or  fome  other  eni- 
mies, that  moueth  them  to  fuch 
fouden  feare.     Their  houfes  are 

very 


ofCapteine  FroHjher. 


very  fimphe  builded  with  pibble  Simple 
ftone  without  any  chimnefs,  the"!,-"'" '" 
fire  being  made  i„  ,he  middeft    ""°''- 

children,  and  other  of  their  fam- 

M     T\  ""^  "^^P"  °n  the  one 
fide  of  the  houfe,  and  their  cat- 

'„i?""?^°"'!'-'^«'-y>>eaftlyand 

nre  is  turffes  and  Cowe  fhardes  '••>  Orkney 

They  haue  corne  bigge,  and  oate 
w  th    „h,^h^    ^.  ^^^,^ 

nf  K^^'u'"?' '°  '•''  maintenance 
of  his  houfe.     They  take  great 
quantitie  of  fi(he,  which  they  drie 
in  the  winde  and  Sunne.     They 
drelle  their  meate  very  fihhily 
and  eate  it  without  fait.     Their 
appareJl  is  after  the  rudeftfort  of 
Scot/a»J  Their  money  is  all  bafe. 
Their  churche   and   religion    is 
reformed  according  to  the  Scots. 
The  fiflier  men  of  Eng/and,  can 

better 


'7 


)  i\i 


i  h 


1 1' 
.■I  ■ 


1 8  TAe  laji  voyage 

Fifticr      better  declare  the  difpofitions  of 
England    thofe  people  than  I :  wherfore,  I 
haue  only  remit  Other  their  vfages  to  their 
trafique  m  reportes,  as  yearely  repairers  thith 
'  "'^^*    er,  in  their  courfe  to  and  from 
IJland  for  fifh. 
In  lune        We  departed  herehence,  the  8. 
and  lulie,  of  lune,  and  followed  our  courfe 
"n^thofc    betweene  Weft  and  North  weft. 
Weft  and  vntill  the  4.  of  lulie :  all  which 
North-     time,  we  had  no  night,  but  that 
gions.       eafily,  and  without  any  impedi- 
ment, we  had  when  we  were  fo 
difpofed,    the    fruition    of    our 
bookes,  and   other  pleafures   to 
pafTe  awaye  the  time :  a  thinge 
of  no  fmall  moment,  to  fuch  as 
wander   in   vnknowen   feas  and 
longe     Nauigations,     efpecially, 
when  both  the  winds,  and  rag- 
ing furges,  do  pafle  their  com- 
mon and  wonted  courfe.     This 
benefite  endureth  in  thofe  partes 
not    fixe    weekes,    whileft    the 

Sunne 


of  Capteine  Frobijher.  \  r; 

Sunne   is   neere  the   T^opike  of      • 
Cancer:  but  where  the  Pole  is 
raifed  to  70.   or  80.  degrees,  it 
continueth  the  longer. 

All  along  thefe  feas,  after  we 
were  6.  dayes  fayling  from  Ork- 
ney, we  met  floting  in   the  fea, 
great  Firre  trees,  which  as  wee 
ludged,  were  with   the  furie  of 
great  floudes  rooted   vp,  and  fo 
driuen  into  the  fea.     IJland  hath 
almoft  no  other  wood  nor  fewel, 
but  fuch  as  they  take  vp  vpon 
their  coaftes.     It  feemeth,  that 
thefe  trees  are  driuen  from  fome 
parte  of  the  Newfound  land,  with 
the  Current  that  fetteth  from  the 
Weft  to  the  Eaft. 

The  4.  of  lulie,  we  came  with-  Freefland. 
in    the    making   of    Free/eland. 
From    this    fhoare    10.    or    12 
leagues,  we  met  great  Iflands  of iflandes  of 
yce,  oi  halfe  a  mile,  fome  more,y«- 
fome  leffe  in  compaffe,  (hewing 

aboue 


20  The  laji  voyage 

aboue  tlje  lea  30.  or  40.  fath- 
omes,  and  as  we  fuppofed,  fafl  on 
ground,  where,  with  oure  leade 
wee  could  fcarfe  found  the  bot- 
tom e  for  deapth. 

Here,  in  place  of  odoriferous 
and  fragrant  fmelles  of  fweete 
gummes,  and  pleafant  notes  of 
muficall  birdes,  which  other 
Countries  in  more  temperate 
Zone  do  yeeld,  we  tailed  the  moft 
boifterous  Bore  all  blafls,  mixt 
!«' [""owe  with  fnow  and  haile,  in  the 
?n  lune  ^  moneth  of  lune  and  lulie,  noth- 
and  lulie.  ing  inferiour  to  oure  vntemperate 
Winter :  a  foudeine  alteration, 
and  elpecially  in  a  place  or  Par- 
alele,  where  the  Pole  is  not  ele- 
uate  aboue  6 1 .  degrees :  at  which 
height  other  countries  more  to 
the  North,  yea,  vnto  70.  degrees, 
fhewe  thefelues  more  temperat 
than  this  doth. 

All  along  this  coaft  yce  lyeth, 

as 


^1 


of  Capteine  Frobijher.  .  21  |j 

as  a  continual!  bullworkcj   andj^"^^-  ' 

fo  defendeth   the  countrie,  that  pJee^nand. 
thofe  whiche  would  land  there 

incurre  great  daunger.    Our  Gen-  | 

erall    three   dayes   together,    at-  | 

tempted  with  the  (hippboate  to  1 

haue  gone  on  (hoare,  whiche,  for  •        1 

that   without   great  daunger  he 
could  not  accomplifhe,  he -defer- 
red it  vntil  a  more  conuenient 
time.     All   along  the  coaft  lye  The 
very  highe  mounteines  couered  J °jyj^°j 
with    fnowe,    exceptc    in    fuch  highe 
places,  where,  through  the  fteepe-  ""P""- 
nefle  of  the  mounteines,  of  force  *'"**' 
it  mufl  needes  fall. 

Foure    dayes    coafting     along  preenand 
this  Land,  we  found  no  ligne  of  Aibieft  to 
habitation.    Little  birdes,  whiche  ^°8g«- 
we  iudged  to  haue  loft  y'  (hoare, , .  . 
by  reafon  of  thicke  fogges,  which  birdes 
that    countrie   is    much    fubiedtfigne 
vnto,  came  fleeing  to  oure  (hippes,  ^J  j^gbita" 
whiche  caufeth  vs  to  fuppofe,  that  tion. 

the 


22  T^be  laji  voyage 

the  cGuntrie  is  both  more  toller- 
able,  and  alfo  habitable  within, 
then  the  outward  (hoare  maketh 
(hewe  or  figni6cation. 

From  hence  we  departed  the 
eight  of  lulie :  and  the  i6.  of  the 
fame,  we  came  within  the  mak- 
ing of  land,  whiche  land  our 
Generall,  the  yeare  before,  had 
The        named  The  ^ueenes  foreland,  being 

Queenes  xn       j  •    j         i    • 

;^e,,nd,  an  Illand,  as  we  ludge,  lymg  neere 
the  fuppofed  continent  with 
America :  on  the  other  fide,  op- 
pofite  to  y*  fame,  one  other  IHand 

Halles  Ifle  called  Halles  Ifle,  after  the  name 
of  the  Maifter  of  our  (hippe, 
neere  adiacent  to  the  firme  land, 
fuppofed  continent  with  Afia. 
Betweene  the  which  two  Iflandes, 
there  is  a  large  entrance  or  ftreight 

Frobiftiers  called  Frobtfhers ftreight,  after  the 

Streight.  name  of  oure  Generall,  the  firft 
finder  thereof.  This  faid  ftreight, 
is  fuppofed  to  haue  paflage  into 

the 


of  Caffeine  Fri^ijher. 

the  Sea  of  Sur,  which  I  leaue 
vnknowne  as  yet. 

It  feemeth,  that  either  here,  or 
not  farre  hence,  the  Sea  fhould 
fiaue  more  large  entraunce,  than 
m  other  partes,  within  the  frofen 
or  vntemperate  Zone:  and  that 
lome  contrarie  tide,  either  from 
the  Eaft  or  Weft,   with   maine 
force  cafteth  out  that  great  quan- 
title    of   yce,    which    commeth 
floating  from  this  coaft,  euen  vnto 
treejland,  caufing  that  countrie 
to  feeme  more  vntemperate  than 
others    muche  more  Northerly 
than  they  are. 

I  cannot  iudge,  that  any  tem- 
perature vnder  the  Pole,  beeing 
the  time  of  the  Sunnes  Northerne 
declination,  halfe  a  yeare  together 
and  one  whole  day,  (confideriiig, 
that  the    Sunnes   eleuation  fur- 
mounteth  not  23.  degrees  and  30. 
minutes,)  can  haue  power  to  dif- 
♦  folue 


•I 


4 

24  T^bt  laji  voyage 

iflands  of  folue  fuch  monftruous  and  huge 

yce  com-  .  ,  o 

parable  to  7^^*  Comparable  to  great  moun- 

moun-      teines,    excepte   by   fome    other 

temes.      force,  as  by  fwift  Currents  and 

tydes,  with  the  helpe  of  the  faid 

day  of  halfe  a  yeare. 

Before  we  came  within  the 
making  of  thefe  Landes,  we  tafted 
"  cold  ftormes,  infomuch  that  it 
feemed,  we  had  chaunged  Sum- 
mer with  winter,  if  the  length  of 
the  dayes  had  not  remoued  vs 
from  that  opinion. 

At  our  firft  comming,  the 
ftreightes  feemed  to  be  (hutt  vp 
with  a  long  mure  of  yce,  whiche 
gaue  no  little  caufe  of  difcomfort 

Capteine  ^"'^  ^^  ^^!  *  ^"^  °"^  Generall,  (to 
Frobifher  whofe  diligence,  imminent  daun- 
hisfpeciailgers,  and  difficult  attemptes  feem- 
care  at.     ^^  nothing,  in  refpedt  of  his  will- 
ing mind,  for  the  commoditie  of 
his  Prince  and   countrie,)   with 
two   little  Pinnifes   prepared  of 
•  pur- 


of  Capteine  Frobijher,  25 

purpofe,  pafTid  twife  thoroughe  • 
them  to  the  Eaft  flioare,  and 'the 
Iflands  therevnto  adiacent :  and 
the  Ihippe,  with  the  two  barks, 
lay  off  and  on  fomethinti;  further 
into  the  fea,  from  <.he  daunger  of 
the  yce. 


Whileft  he  was  fearching  the  The  order 
^uuntrie  neere  the  (lioare,  fomepfj^'^ea^r 
of  the  people   of  the   countrie  ing  on^"' 


(hewed  themfelues,  leaping  and^"'"^*^- 
dauncing,  with  ftraunge  (hrikes 
and  cryes,  whiche  gaue  no  little 
admiration  to  our  men.  Our 
General!  defirous  to  allure  them 
vn£o  him  by  faire  meanes,  caufed 
kniues,  &  other  thinges,  to  be 
profciTed  vnto  them,  whiche  they 
would  not  take  at  our  handes: 
but  beeing  layd  on  the  ground, 
&  the  partie  going  away,  they 
came  and  tooke  vp,  leauing  fome- 
thing  of  theirs  to  counteruaile  y^ 
fame.     At   the   length,   two   of 

them 


,         ill  The  lajl  voyage 

them  leaning  their  weapons,  came 
downe  to  our  Generall  and  Maif- 
ter,  who  did  the  like  to  them, 
commaunding  the  companie  to 
ftay,  and  went  vnto  them  :  who, 
after  certeine  dumbe  lignes  and 
mute  congratulations,  began    to 
lay  handes  vpon  them,  but  they 
^^^j5^  ^"'^  deliuerly  efcaped,   and   ranne  to 
pie.       °' their   bowes    and   arrowes,    and 
came  fiercely  vppon  them,  (not 
refpeding  the  reft  of  our  com- 
panie, which  were  readie  for  their 
defence)  but  with  their  arrowes 
One         hurt  diuerfe  of  them  :  we  tooke 
taken.       the  one,  and  the  Other  efcaped. 
Whileft  our  Generall  was  bull- 
ed in  fearching  the  countrie  and 
thofe  Iflands  adiacent  on  the  Eaft 
fhoare,  the  fhip  and  barckes  hau- 
ing  great  care,  not  to  put  farre 
into  the  fea  from  him,  for  that 
he   had   fmall  ftore  of  vidtuals, 
were  forced  to  abide  in  a  cruell 

tempfcft 


of  Capteine  Frobijher.  27 

tempeft,  chancing  in  the  night,  I 

amongft  and  in  the  thickeft  of  } 

the  yce,  which  was  fo  monftru-  f 

ous,  that  euen  the  lead  of  a  thou-  \ 

fand  had  bjene  of  force  fufficient,  * 

to  haue  fhiuered  oure  fhippe  and 

barkes  into  fmall  portions,  if  God 
(who  in  all  neceffities,  hath  care 
vpon  the  infirmitie  of  man)  had 
not  prouided  for  this  our  extrem- 
itie  a  fufficient  remedie,  through 
the  light  of  the  night,  whereby 
we  might  well  difcerne  to  flee 
from  fuch   imminent    daungers, 
whiche   we    auoyded    with    14! 
Bourdes  in  one  watch  the  fpace 
of4.  houres.     If  we  had  not  in- 
curred this  danger  amongft  thefe 
monftrous    Iflandes   of  yce,   we 

fliould  haue  loft  our  General!  and 
Maifter,  and  the  moft  of  our  beft 
failers,  which  were  on  the  ftioare 
deftitute  of  vidbualls  :  but  by  the 
valure  of  our  Maifter  Gunner, 

being 


28  T^he  laji  voyage 

Richard  being  expert  both  in  Nauigation 
Ma^er  ^"^  ^'^^^  8°°^  qualities,  we  were 
Gunner,  all  Content  to  incur  e  the  dangers 
afore  rehearfed,  be  ore  we  would, 
with  oure  owne  fafetie,  runne 
into  the  Seas,  to  the  deftrudion 
of  oure  faid  Generall  and  his 
companie. 

The  day  following,  being  the 
19.  of  lulie,  oure  Capteine  re- 
turned to  the  fhippe,  with  good 
newes  of  great  riches,  which 
(hewed  it  felfe  in  the  bowelles  of 
thofe  barren  mounteines,  where- 
with we  were  all  fatiffied.  A 
fouden  mutation.  The  one  parte 
of  vs  being  almoft  fwallowed  vp 
the  night  before,  w'  cruell  Nep- 
tunes  force,  and  the  reft  on  (hoare, 
taking  thought  for  their  greedie 
paunches,  how  to  find  the  way  to 
New  Newfound  land:  at  one  moment 
found  land  ^^  yfQYQ  all  rapt  with  ioye,  for- 
getting, both    where   we   were, 

and 


of  Capteine  Frobijher.  29 

and  what  we  had  fufFred.  Be- 
hold the  glorie  of  man,  to  night 
contemning   riches,   and    rather 

looking  for  death  than  otherwife  : 
and  to  morrowe  deuifing  howe 
to  fatiffie  his  greedie  appetite 
with  Golde.  ^ 

Within  foure  days  after  we  had 
ben    at    the    entraunce  of   the 
Streightes,    the   Northweft    and 
Weft  windes  difperfed   the  yce 
into  the  Sea,  and  made  vs  a  large 
entrance  into  the  Streights,  that 
without  any  impediment,  on  the 
19.  of  lulie,  we  entred  them,  and 
the  20.  therof  oure  Generall  and 
Maifter,    with    great    diligence, 
fought  out  and  founded  the  Weft 
ftioare,    and  found  out   a    fayre 
Harborough    for    the    fliip  and 
barkes  to  ride  in,  and  named  it 
after  our  Maifters  mate,  lackmans  lackmans 
found,    and    brought    the    ftiip,^°""'^- 
barkes,  and  all  their  companie  to 

fafe 


|0  The  laji  voyage 

fafe   anchor,   except    one    man, 
whiche  dyed  by  Gods  vifitation. 
Who  fo  maketh  Nauigations 
to  thefe  contries,  hath  not  only 
Ycc  neede  extreme  winds,  and  furious  Seas, 
regarded  ^^   encounter   withall,    but    alfo 
of  feafar-  many  monftrous  and  great  Iflandes 
ing  men.  q£  ^^^ .  ^  thing  both  rare,  won- 
derfull,   and   greatly   to   be   re- 
garded. 

We  were  forced,  fundrie  times, 

while  the  (hip  did  ride  here  at 

Great       anchor,  to  haue  continuall  watch, 

S'^m^n  with  boates  and  men  readie  with 

wun  men   .j-  —    ,  ^  ,  ^ 

and  boates  Halfers,  to  knit  faft  vnto  fuch 
forycein-yce,  which  with  the  ebbe  and 
ing"hr  floud  were  tofled  to  and  fro  in 
fliip  at  the  Harboroughe,  and  with  force 
anchor.     q£  ^^^^^  ^^  ^^^  x\i^m  away,  for 

indaungering  the  fhip. 

Our  Generall,  certeine  dayes 
fearched  this  fuppofed  continent 
with  America^  and  not  finding 
the  commoditie  to  aunfwere  his 

expec- 


of  Capteine  Frobijher.  31 

expedlation,  after  he  had  made 
tryall  thereof,  he  departed  thence 
with  two  little  barkes,  and  men 
fufficient,  to  the  Eaft  flioare,  being 
the  fuppofed  continent  of  Afia, 
&  left  the  (hip  with  moft  of  the 
Gentlemen,  Souldiers,  and  Say- 
lers,  vntill  fuch  time  as  he,  eyther 
thought  good  to  fend,  or  come 
for  them. 

The  ftones  of  this   fuppofed  Stones giif- 
continent  with  America,  be  alto-r"  "^1?" 
gether  fparkled,  and  glifter  in  theifkeGolde 
Sunne  like  Gold :  fo  likewife  doth 
the  fande  in  the  bright  water,  yet 
they  verifie  the  olde  Prouerbe  •  "^  *^°'"- 
All  is  not  golde  that  glijiereth.      '  "^^^T"" 

On  this  Weft  (hoare  we  found 
a  dead  fi(he  floating,  whiche  had 
in  his  nofe  a  horne  ftreight  & 
torquet,  of  lengthe  two  yardes 
lacking  two  ynches,  being  broken 
in  the  top,  where  we  might  per- 
ceiue  it  hollowe,  irtto  which  fome 
5  of 


32  '  The  laji  voyage 

of  our  Saylers  putting  Spiders, 
they  prefently  dyed.  I  fawe  not 
the  tryall  hereof,  but  it  was  re- 
ported vnto  me  of  a  trueth :  by 
J!^e  Sea  the  vertue  whereof,  we  fuppofed 
"'*^°'^"^*  it  to  be  the  fea  Vnicorne. 

After  our  Generall  had  founde 
H  out  good  harborough  for  the  Ship 

and  Barkes  to  anchor  in  :•  and 
alfo  fuche  ftore  of  Golde  oare  as 
he  thought  him  felfe  fatiflied 
withall,  he  fent  backe  oure  Mai- 
fter  with  one  of  the  Barkes,  to 
condudle  the  great  Ship  vnto  him, 
who  coafting  along  the  Weft 
(hoare,  perceiued  a  faire  har- 
borough, and  willing  to  found  the 
fame,  at  the  enterance  thereof 
they  efpyed  two  tentes  of  Seale 
fkinnes. 

At  the  light  of  oure  men,  the 
people  fled  into  the  mounteines  : 
neuerthelefle,  our  fayde  Maifter 
went  to  their  tents,  and  left  fome 

of 


of  Capteine  Froifijher.  -^^ 

of  our  trifles,  as  Kniues,  Bels,  and 
GlaiTes,  and  departed,  not  taking 
any  thing  of  theirs,  excepte  one 
Dogge  to  our  Shippe. 

On  the  fame  day,  after  conful- 
tation  had,  we  determined  to  fee, 
if  by  fayre  meanes  we  could 
eyther  allure  them  to  familiaritie, 
or  otherwife  take  fome  of  them, 
and  fo  atteine  to  fome  knowlege 
of  thofe  men,  whome  our  Gen- 
erall  loft  the  yeare  before. 

At  our  comming  backe  againe,  ^  craftie 
to  the  place  where  their  tentes  ^^^P^*"' 
were  before,  they  had  remoued 
their  tentes  further  into  the  faid 
Bay  or  Sound,  where  they  might, 
if  they  were  driuen  from  the  land, 
flee  with  their  boates  into  the  fea. 
Wee  parting  our  felues  into  two 
companies,    and    compafling    a 
mounteine,  came  foudeinly  vppon 
them  by  land,  who  efpying  vs, 
without  any  tarying  fled  to  their 

boates. 


34  ^he  laji  voyage 

boates,  leauing  the  moft  part  of 
their  oares  behind  them  for  haft, 
and  rowed  downe  the  Bay,  where 
oure  two  Pinifles  met  them,  & 
droue  them  to  fhoare:  but,  if 
they  had  had  all  their  oares,  fo 
fwift  are  they  in  rowing,  it  had 
bene  loft  time  to  haue  chafed 
jl  them. 

iSrwlt"f        When  they  were  landed,  they 

a  fc'Jy,  °    fiercely  aflaulted  oure  men  witn 

their  bowes   and   arrowes,  who 

wounded  three  of  them  with  our 

•         arrowes :    and  perceyuing  them 

Defpcrate  felues  thus  hurt,  they  defperately 

P*=°P^*=-     leapt  off"  the  Rocks  into  the  Sea, 

If  and  drowned  them  felues :  which 

if  they  had  not  done,  but  had 
fubmitted  them  felues:  or  if  by 
any  meanes  we  could  haue  taken 
them  aliue,  (being  their  enimies 
as  they  iudged)  we  would  both 
haue  faued  them,  and  alfo  haue 
fought   remedie   to    cure    their 

woundes 


of  Capteine  Frobijher,  x^ 

woundes  receiued  at  our  handes. 
But    they,   altogether   voyde   of'gnofaunt 
humanitie,    and   ignorant   what  ^J'^^";^'- 
mercy  meaneth,   in   extremities  cth. 
looke  for  no  other  then  death : 
and  perceiuing  they  (hould  fall 
into  our  hands,  thus  miferably  by 
drowning  rather   defired    death, 
then  otherwife  to  be  faued  by  vs : 
the  reft,  perceiuing  their  fellowes 
in  this  diftrefle,  fled  into  the  highe 
mounteines.     Two  women,  not  Two  wo- 
being  fo  apt  to  efcape  as  the  men  ^^^  ^^^^^ 
were,  the  one  for  her  age,  andcJudc 
the  other  being  incombred  with 
a  yong  childe,  we  tooke.     TheAnolde 
olde  wretch,    whome   diuers  of^°'"''"  * 
oure  Saylers  fuppofed  to  be  eytherDrudi*or 
a  Diuell,  or  a  Witche,  plucked  Witch, 
oflf  her  bufkins,  to  fee,  if  ihe  were 
clouen  footed,  and  for  her  ougly 
hewe  and  deformitie,  we  let  her 
goe :  the  young  woman  and  the 
childe,  we  brought  away.     We 

named 


3^  The  laji  voyage         • 

named  the  place  where  they  were 
Pdnf '  ^^y^^y  Bloudie point :  and  the  Bay 
Yorks'  or  Harborough,  TorJ^es  found, 
found.      after  the  name  of  one  of  the  Cap- 

teines  of  the  two  Barkes. 

Hauing  this  knowledge,  both 

of  their  fierceneffe  and  crueltie, 
Faire       and  perceiuing  that  fayre  meanes, 

JToTabie    ^^  y^^»  !^"^'  ^^^e  ^o  allure  them 
to  allure    to  familiartie,   we  difpofed   our 
them  to    felues,  contrarie  to  our  inclina- 
^ami  lari-  ^j^^^  fomething  to  be  cruel,  re- 
turned to  their  tentes,  and  made 
a   fpoyle   of  the   i^.  ne.      Their 
riches  are  neyther  G;,.  '   Siluer, 
or  precious  Draperie,  bui     heir 
Boates  of  fayde  tentes  and  boates,  made  of 
skinnes.    t^g  fl^innes  of    red  Deare   and 
Seale  fkinnes :  alfo,  Dogges  like 
vnto  Woolues,  but  for  the  moft 
part   black,    with    other    trifles, 
more  to  be  wondred  a:  for  their 
ftrangenefle,  then  for  any  other 
commoditie  needeful  for  our  vfe. 

Thus 


coun- 


ofCapteine  Frobijher.  37 

Thus  returning  to  our  Ship  0"^^ 

the  3.  of  Auguft,   we  departed  fY^m^he* 
from  the  Weft  ftioare,  fuppofedWeii 
firme  with  America,  after  we  had  '^°"'^' 
anchored  there   1 3.  dayes :    and 
fo,  the  4.  thereof,  we  came  to 
our  Generall  on  the  Eaft  fhoare, 
and  anchored  in  a  fayre  Harbor- 
ough  named   Anne  Warrwickes  r^,^^ 
found,    vnto    whiche  is  annexed  teffe  of 
an  Iflande  both  named  after  the  Warwicke 
Countefle  of  Warrwicke,  Annei^^ 
Warrwickes  found  and  IJle. 

In    this    Ifle,     our    Generall  Oure 
thought  good,  for  this  voyage,  to  J^^'jJ^^^^'j^''" 
frayght  both  the  Ship  and  Barkes,  thecharges 
with  fuche  Stone  or  Gold  min- o^  the  firii 

11  i_     •     J       J  ^  ^  •!     andfecond 

erall,  as  he  ludged  to  counteruailCyo  ^gg^ 
the  charges  of  his  firft,  and  this  with  fuffi- 
his  fecond  Nauigation  to    thefe  *^'*^"' "*" 

o  ^  terell  to 

contries,  w°  fufficient  intereft  to  the  ven- 
y°  venturers,  wherby  they  might '"rers. 
bothe  be  fatiffied  for  this  time, 
and  alfo  in  time  to  come,  (if  it 

pleafe 


^§  The  lafi  voyage 

Riches  pleafe  God  and  our  Prince,)  to 
ceafed pre- ®^P*^<^  a  much  more  large  bene- 
fentiy  dif-  fite,  out  of  the  bowells  of  thofe 
coueredby  Septentrionall     Paralels,     which 

capteine  r       .  i     i  •     r  i/- 

Frobifher.  long  time  hath  concealed  it  lelr, 

til  at  this  prefent,  through  the 

wonderfull    diligence,   &    great 

danger  of  our  Generall  and  others, 

God  is  contented  with  the  reueal- 

ing  thereof.    It  rifeth  fo  abound- 

antly,  that  from  the  beginning  of 

Auguft,  to  the  22.  thereof,  (euery 

By  Cap.    man  following  the  diligence  of 

bTihersdU-^^'*  General)   we   rayfed   aboue 

igence      grounde  200.  tunne,  which  we 

other  men  jy^^g^  a  redfonable  fraieht  for 

mcouraged  1     ''rii  •  1  r.     1 

to  labor,    the  Shippe  and  two  Barkes,  in 

the  fayde  Anne  Warrwicks  IJle. 

In  the  time  of  our  abode  here,,. 

The  coun-  fome  of  the  countrie  people,  came 

JJ*/^g°^^to  fhewe   them  felues   vnto  vs, 

them        fundrie  times  on  y*  maine  Ihoare, 

felues  vnto  neej.p   ^diaccnt  to  the  fayd  Ifle. 

Our  Generall,  defirous   to  haue 

fome 


of  Capteine  Frobijher.  39 

Ibme  newes  of  his  men,  whomeThe  care 
he  loft  the   yeare  before,   with  q J j,^^^^ J"' 
fome   companie   with    him   re-haTto' 
payred   with    the   Ship  boat,  to  ^"""^  °f 
common,  or  figne  with  them  for  ettT^re 
tamiliaritie,  wherevnto  he  is  per-  loft. 
fuaded  to  bring  them.     They,  at 
the  firft  (hewe,  made  tokens,  that 
three  of  his  fiue  men  were  aliue, 
and   delired    penne,    ynck,    andSignes  for 
paper,  and  that  within  three  or?^""^' 
foure  dayes,  they  would  returne,pa"per;'"'^ 
and  (as  we  iudged)  bring  thofe  of 
-     our   men,   whiche   were  liuing, 
with  them. 

They  alfo  made  fignes  or  to- 
kens of  their  King,  whom  they 
called  Cacough,  and  how  he  was  Cacough 
carried  on  mens  fiouMers,  and  a'''^''"^'"^ 
man  farre  furmounting  any  of 
our  companie,  in  bignefTc  and 
ftaturc. 

With  thefe  tokens  and  fignes 
i  o^  writing,    penne,   yncke,  Ind 

6  paper 


p  The  loft  voyage 

paper  was  deliuered  them,  which 
they  woulde  not  take  at  our 
handes :  but  being  layde  vpon  the 
(hoare,  and  the  partie  gone  away, 
they  tooke  vp :  which  like  wife 
they  doe,  when  they  defire  any 
Their  thing  for  chaunge  of  theirs,  lay- 
^^1"'"    ing  for   that  which    is   left,   fo 

traffique     *"6    *"         ,  ...  ., 

or  ex-  much  as  they  thmk  wil  couter- 
change.  yj^jjg  ^\^q  fame,  and  not  comming 
neare  together.  It  feemeth  they 
haue  bene  vfed  to  this  trade  or 
traffique,  with  fome  other  people 
adioyning,  or  not  farre  diftant 
from  their  Countrie. 

After  4.  dayes,  fome  of  them 
JeZwe  fhewed  themfelues  vpon  the  firme 
themfeiucsland,  but  not  where  they  were 
againe  on  ^  f^re.     Our  General,  very  glad 

firme  land.    .  _    _  -  ,  ''  c 

thereof,  fuppoung  to  heare  ot  our 
men,  went  from  the  Iflande,  with 
the  boate,  and  fufficient  com- 
panie  with  him.  They  feemed 
very  glad,  and  allured  him,  about 

a  cer- 


ofCapteine  Frobijher.  ^ 

a  certeine  point  of  the  land  :  be-  Their 
hind  which  they  might  perceiue,^;^::;^^'. 
a  companie  of  the  craftie  villains  of  vs.      * 
to  lye  lurking,  whome  our  Gen- 
erall  woulde  not  deale  wichall, 
for  that  he  knewe  not  what  com- 
panie  they  were,    and    fo    with 
fewe  fignes  difmifled  them,  and 
returned  to  his  companie. 

An  other  time,  as  our  faid  Gen-  The  peo- 
erall    was*  coafting  the  contrie  P^^ '^T^ 
with  two  litle  PinilTes,  whereby  tt'lild" 
at  oure  returne  hee  might  make"'"^- 
the  better  relation  thereof,  three 
of  the  craftie  villains,  with  a  white 
fkin  allured  vs  to  them.     Once 
againe,  our    Generall,  for  y*^  he 
hoped  to  heare  of  his  men,  went 
to  wardes  them  :   at  oure  com- 
ming  neere  the  fhoare,  wheron 
they  were,  we  might  perceiue  a 
number  of  them  lie  hidden  be-  A  number 
hinde  great  ftones,  &  thofe  three  jfdlfer 
in  fight  labouring  by  all  meanesbihind 

poffi- 


I 


IP  The  laji  voyage 

ftones  to    poflible,  that  fome  woulde  come 

Dciray  vs.  i       j      o  • 

on  land :  &  perceyuing  wee  made 
no  haft  by  words  nor  friendly 
Their  fignes,  which  they  vfed  by  clap- 
firfte  ping  of  ■t):'r-  ^andes,  and  beeing 
aTre'v^  without  Wv.  a,  and  but  three 
to  fhoare.  in  fighte,  they  fought  further 
meanes  to  prouoke  vs  there  vnto. 
Their  fe-  One  alone  layd  flefli  on  the  fhoare, 
conde       whiche  we  tookc  vpp  with  the 

meanes.      d      ^     i        ,  ^"^    .         . 

ijoate  hooke,  as  neceflarie  vidt- 

ualls  for  the  reUeuing  of  the  man, 

woman,  &  child,  whom  we  had 

taken :  for  y'  as  yet,  they  could 

not  digeft  oure  meate :  whereby 

they    perceiued    themfelues    de- 

ceiued  of  their  expeftation,  for 

all  their  craftie  allurements.   Yet 

Their       once  againe,  to  make  (as  it  were) 

thirdeanda  full  (hewc  of  their  craftie  na- 

aTu'Jimentf"^^^*  ^"^  fubtile  fleightes,  to  the 

intent  thereby  to  haue  intrapped 

and  taken  fome  of  our  men,  one 

of  them  counterfeyted   himfelfe 

impo- 


of  Capteine  Frohijher.  43 

impotent  and  lame  of  his  legges, 
who  feemed  to  defcend  to  the 
water  fide,  with  great  difficultie : 
and  to  couer  his  crafte  the  more, 
one  of  his  fellowes  came  downe 
with  him,  and  in  fuch  places, 
where  he  feemed  vnable  to  pafle, 
hee  tooke  him  on  his  (houlders, 
fet  him  by  the  water  fide,  and 
departed  from  him,  leaning  him  A  craftie 
(as  it  (hould  feeme)  all  alone,  Xnf" 
who  playing  his  counterfeite  pa- 
geant very  well,  thought  thereby 
to  prouoke  fome  of  vs  to  come 
on  flioare,  not  fearing,  but  that 
any  one  of  vs  might  make  oure 
partie  good  with  a  lame  man. 

Our  Generall,  hauing  compaf- 
fion  of  his  impotencie,  thought  Compaf. 
good  (if  it  were  poffible)  to  cure  '*'^"  ^° 
him  therof :  wherfore,  hee  caufed  craftie 
a  fouldiour  to  (hoote  at  him  with  lame  man. 
his  Caleeuer,  which  grafed  before 
his  face.     The  counterfeite  vil- 

leine 


■M 


44  *^^^  l^ft  voyage 

leine  deliuerly  fled,  without  any 
impediment  r^t  all,  and  gott  him 
CO  his  bowe  and  arrowes,  and  the 
reft  from  their  lurking  holes, 
with  their  weapons,  bowes,  ar- 
rowes, flings,  and  dartes.  Our 
Generall  caufed  fome  Caleeuers 
to  be  (hot  off  at  them,  whereby 
Some  hurt  fome  being   hurt,    they  miehte 

with  our     ,  r.         S       J      •  ^  R 

fhot.        hereafter   Hand    in    more    feare 

of  vs. 

This  was  all  the  aunfwere,  for 

this  time,  wee  could  haue  of  our 
By  thefe    men,  or  of  our  Generalls  letter. 

'r?ct!  the '^^^i'"  craftiw  dealing,  at  thefe 
reft  of  three  feuerall  times,  being  thus 
their  life   manifeft  vnto  vs,  maye  plainelv 

IS  eafy  to    /i  ^,     .       -it      r   •  •  i    "^ 

be  iudged.  incwe,  their  difpolition  in  other 
thinges  to  be  correfpondent.  We 
iudged,  that  they  vfed  thefe  fl:rat- 
agemmes,  thereby  to  haue  caught 
fome  of  vs,  for  the  deliuering  of 
the  man,  woman,  &  child  whome 
we  haue  taken. 

They 


Llii 


of  Capteine  Frobijher,  4P 

They  are  men  of  a  large  cor-  Their 
porature,  and  good  proportion  :  [J,'*^',^;''^^  ""'^ 
their  colour  is  not  much  vnlike   ^  "^ 
the  Sunne  burnte  Countrie  man, 
who  laboureth  daily  in  the  Sunnc 
for  his  liuing. 

They  weare  their  haire  fome-  Their  ap- 
thinge  long,  and  cut  before,  either?"^'  '^^ 
with  ftone  or  knife,  very  difor-::l,r 
derly.    Their  women  weare  their  men- 
haire  long,  and  knit  vp  with  two 
loupes,  fhewing  forth  on  either 
fide  of  their  faces,  and  the  reft 
foltred  vp  on  a  knot.    Alfo,  fome 
of  their  women  race  their  faces 
proportionally,  as  chinne,  cheekes 
and  forehead,  and  the  wriftes  of 
their  handes,  wherevpon  they  lay 
a  colur,  which  continueth  darke 
azurine. 

They  eate  their  meate  all  rawe,  "^^^^ 
both  fleflie,  fifhe,  and  foule,  or  diinke.and 
fomething  perboyled  with  bloud  °^^^'"  "«- 
&   a   little  water,    whiche   they"^*""' 

drinke. 


# 


Hi' 


I 


I 


46  The  iaji  voyage 

drinke.  For  lacke  of  water,  they 
wil  eate  yce,  that  is  hard  frofen, 
as  pleafantly  as  we  will  doe  Sugar 
Candie,  or  other  Sugar. 

.leTrS'     ^f  "^^y-   f°^   "/"ffities  fake, 
whiche     itand  in  neede  of  the  premifes, 
proweth    fuch  grafle  as  the  countrie  yeeld- 
count'rie.   ^^^  ^^^Y  P^^cke  vppe,  and  eate, 
not  deintily,  or  falletwife,  to  al- 
lure their  ftomaches  i^.  appetite  : 
but  for  neceffities  fake,  without 
either  fait,  oyles,  or  wafhing,  like 
brutifh  hearts  deuoure  the  fame. 
Barbarous  They  neither  vfe  table,  ftoole  or 
behauiour  table  cloth  for  comelineffe :  but 
when    they    are    imbrued   with 
bloud,  knuckle  deepe,  and  their 
kniues  in  like  fort,  they  vfe  their 
tongues  as   apt    inftruments    to 
licke   them    cleane :    in    doeing 
whereof,  they  are  affured  to  loofe 
none  of  their  viduals. 

Hk?fo'     J  ^^^y  ^'^''''^  °^  ^^eP  certeine 
woiues,     ^oggs»  not  much  vnlike  Wolues, 

whiche 


ofCapteine  Frobijher.  47 

whiche  they  yoke   together,   as 
we  do  oxen  and  horfes,  to  a  fled 
or  traile :  and  fo  carrie  their  ne- 
ceflaries  ouer  the  yce  and  fnowe, 
from  place  to  place :  as  the  cap- 
tiue,  whom  we  haue,  made  per- 
fede  fignes.      And  when  thofe 
Dogges  are  not  apt  for  the  fame  They  cate 
vfe:  or  when  with  hunger  they  ^^gf" 
are  conftreyned,  for  lacke  of  other 
viduals,  they  eate  them  :  fo  that 
they  are  as  needefull  for  them,  in 
refpea  of  their  bignefTe,  as  our 
oxen  are  for  vs. 

They  apparell  themfelues   in 
the  flcinnes  of  fuch  beaftes  as  they  Sinewes  of 
lall,   fewed    together   with    the^^fts 
fmewes  of  them.     All  the  fowl  ^  [^'"J  ''''"!- 
which  they  kill,  theyflcin,  andlhrear° 
make  thereof  one  kinde  of  gar- 
ment or  other,  to  defend  them 
from  the  cold. 

They  make  their  apparell  with  „    ,  " 
hoods   and    tailes,   which    tailes  S?es  ^o  "^ 
7  they 


48  The  lajl  voyage 

the  appa-  they  giue,  when  they  thinke  to 

gratifie  any  friend(hippe  fhewed 

vnto   them :     a   great    figne   of 

friendftiippe   with   them.     The 

men  haue  them  not  fo  fyde  as 

the  women. 

Tjjgif  The  men  and  women  weare 

hofe  and   their  hofe  clofe  to  their  legges, 

how  they  from  the  waft  to  the  knee,  with- 

areworne.  ,     ^  ■%■%     % 

out  any  open  before,  as  well  the 
one  kinde  as  the  other.  Vppon 
their  legges,  they  weare  hofe  of 
lether,  with  the  furre  fide  inward, 
two  or  three  paire  on  at  once, 
and  efpecially  the  women.  In 
thofe  hofe,  they  put  their  kniues, 
needles,  and  other  thinges  neede- 
Their  gar-  fuH  to  beare  about.  They  put  a 
tering.  bone  within  their  hofe,  whiche 
reacheth  from  the  foote  to  the 
knee,  wherevpon  they  drawe  their 
faid  hofe,  and  fo  in  place  of  gar- 
ters, they  are  holden  from  falling 
downe  about  their  feete. 

They 


of  Capteine  Frobijher.  49 

They  drefTe  their  fkinnes  very 
fofte  and  fouple  with  the  haire 
on.  In  cold  weather  or  Winter, 
they  weare  y"  furre  fide  inward  : 
and  in  Summer  outward.  Other 
apparell  they  haue  none,  but  the 
faid  fkinnes. 

Thofe  beaftes,  fle(h,  fifhes,  and  Their 
fowles,  which  they  kil,  they  are^f^^f^^ 
both  meate,  drinke,  apparel, 
houfes,  bedding,  hofe,  ihooes, 
thred,  faile  for  their  boates,  with 
many  other  neceflaries,  whereof 
they  ftande  in  neede,  and  almoft 
all  their  riches. 

Their  houfes  are  tentes,  made  Their 
of  Seale  Ikinns,  pitched  with  foure  ''°"^"  °^ 
Firre  quarters,  foure  fquare,  meet-  lefand'"' 
ing  at  the  toppe,  and  the  Ikinnes  Firre. 
fewed  together  with  finowes,  and 
layd  therevppon  :  fo  pitched  they 
are,  that  the  entraunce  into  ^^em, 
is  alwayes  South,  or  agaiii'l  the 
Sunne. 

They 


i  i 


iim: 


50  TAe  laji  voyage 

They  haue  other  fortes  of 
houfes,  whif:he  wee  found,  not 
to  be  inhabited,  which  are  raifed 
with  ftones  and  Whal  bones,  and 
a  ikinne  iayd  ouer  them,  to  with- 
Itand  the  raine,  or  other  weather : 
the  entraunce  of  them  being  not 
much  viiHke  an  Duens  mouth, 
whereto,  I  thincke,  they  refort 
for  a  time,  to  fiflie,  hunt,  and 
fowle,  and  fo  leaue  them  for  the 
next  time  they  come  thether 
againe.  .     . 

Their  Their  weapons  are  Bowes,  Ar- 

of"efence Towes,  Dartes,  and  Slinges.  Their 
Bowes  are  of  a  yard  long  of  wood, 
finewed  on  the  back  with  ftrong 
veines,  not  glued  too,  but  faft 
girded  and  tyed  on.  Their  Bowe 
ftringes  are  likewife  finewes. 
Their  arrowes  are  three  peeces, 
nocked  with  bone,  and  ended 
with  bone,  with  thofe  two  ends, 
and  the  wood  in  the  middft,  they 

pafle 


of  Capteine  Frobijher.  51 

pafle  not  in  lengthe  halfe  a  yard 
or  little  more.     They  are  fath- 
ered with  two  fethers,  the  penne 
end   being  cutte  away,  and  the 
fethers  layd   vppon    the   arrowe 
with  the  broad  fide  to  the  woode : 
in  fomuch  that  tfiey  feeme,  when 
they  are  tyed  on,  to  haue  foure 
fethers.   They  haue  likewife  three  Three 
fortes  of  heades  to  thofe  arrowes :  h°eades°to 
one  fort  of  ftone  or  yron,  propor-  their"r-° 
tioned  like  to  a  heart :  the  fee-  '■°"''^''- 
ond  fort  of  bone,  much  like  vnto 
a  ftopte  head,  with  a  hooke  on 
the  fame:  the  thirde  fort  of  bone 
likewife,  made   (harpe   at   both 
fides,  and  fliarpe  pointed.     They 
are  not  made  very  faft,  but  lightly 
tyed  to,  or  elfe  fet  in  a  nocke, 
that   vppon   fmall   occafion,   the 
arrowe  leaueth  thefe  heades  be- 
hinde   them:    and   they  are  of 
fmall  force,  except  they  be  very 
neere,  when  they  fhoote. 


52 

Two 
fortes  of 
Dartes. 


'I  iji : 
III  I 


Two 
fortes  of 
Boates 
made  of 
Leather. 


II 


J  ,' 


T/)e  laji  voyage 

Their  Darts  are  made  of  two 
forts :  the  one  with  many  forkes 
of  bones  in   the  fore  ende,  and 
likewife  in   the   middeft:    their 
proportions  are  not  muche  vnHke 
our  toafting  yrons,  but  longer  : 
thefe  they  caft  %ut  of  an  inftru- 
ment  of  wood,  very  readily.  The 
other   forte  is  greater  then  the 
lirft  aforefayde,  with  a  long  bone 
made  fharp  on    both  fides,   not 
much  vnlike  a  Rapier,  which  I 
take  to  be  their  moft   hurtfull 
weapon. 

They  haue  two  forts  of  boates, 
made  of  Lether,  fet  out  on  the 
inner  fide  with  quarters  of  wood, 
artificially  tyed  together  with 
thongs  of  the  fame  :  the  greater 
fort  are  not  much  vnlike  our 
Wherries,  wherein  fix^eene  or 
twentie  men  may  fitte :  they  haue 
for  a  fayle,  drefl  the  guttes  of 
fuch  beafles  as  they  kyll,  very 

fine 


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fine  and  thinne,  which  fhey  fewe 
together :  the  other  boate  is  but 
for  one  man  to  fitte  anu  rowe  in, 
with  one  oare. 

Their  order  of  fifhing,  hunt-  They  vfc 
ing,  and  fowling,  are  with  thefe  fi^/T^*^' 
fayde  weapons  :  but  in  what  fort,  hunt. 
or  how  they  vfe  them,  we  haue 
no  perfeft  knowledge  as  yet. 

I  can  not  fuppofe  their  abode  it  i,,  to  be 
or  habitation  to  be  here,  for  that  ^poi'ed 
neither  their  houfes,  or  apparelL  [Ij' J.*!?'' 

-,»«  ^c         r     ■%     r  r  r        ">  innabitinE 

are  of  no  fuch  force  to  withftand  is  eife- 
the  extremitie  of  colde,  that  the""^"^- 
countrie  feemeth  to  be  infeded 
with  all:  neyther  doe  I  fee  any 
figne  likely  to  perfbrme  the  fame. 
Thofe  houfes,  or  rather  dennes, 
which  ftand  there,  haue  no  figne 
of  foot- way,    or  any  thing   elfe 
troden..   whiche   is   one   of    the 
chiefeft    tokens   of     1  .bitation. 
And  thofe  tents,  whic-  they  bring 
with  them,  when  thty  haue  fu^ 

ficiently 


P I ! 


J 


54  T6e  lajl  voyage 


i: 


III 


Their      ficientlv  huntcd  and  fiflied,  they 

tentes  re-  '     ^  i  ,  ', 

moueable  remouc  to  Other  places:  and 
from  place  whcn  they  haue  fufficiently  ftored 
to  place,   ^jjejjj  Qf  fy^,jjg  visuals,  as  the 

I  countrie    yeldeth,    or    bringeth 

foorth,  they  returne  to  their  Win- 
ter flations  or  habitations.  This 
coniedture  do  I  make,  for  the  in- 
fertilitie,  whiche  I  perceiue  to  be 
in  that  countrie. 
Their  vfe  They  haue  fome  yron,  where- 
o  yron.  ^(  ^^^  make  arrowe  heades, 
kniues,  and  other  little  inflru- 
mentes,  to  woorke  their  boates, 
bowes,  arrowes,  and  dartes  withal, 
whiche  are  very  vnapt  to  doe  any 
thing  withall,  but  with  great  la- 
bour. 

It  feemeth,  that  they  haue  con- 
uerfation  with  fome  other  people, 
of  whome,  for  exchaunge,  they 
fhould  receiue  the  fame.  They 
Wherin  ^re  greatly  delighted  with  any 
light.  thinge  that  is  brighte,  or  giueth 
a  found.  What 


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What  knowledge  they  haue  of 
God,  or  what  Idol  they  adore,  wee 
haue  no  perfed:  intelligence.     I 
thincke  them   rather  Anthropo-^^^^^o^o. 
phagi,  or  deuourers  of  mans  fleflie,  P**"*^'- 
then  otherwife  :  for  that  there  is 

r/^^/'//^,^'   ^^^^^    theyAfiithie 
nnde  dead,  (fmell  it  neuer  fo  fil-  feeding. 

thily)  but  they  will  eate   it,   as 
they  finde  it,  without  any  other  ;^  ^"'r**" 
dreffing.     A  loathfome  fpedtacle,  [X'^^^- 
either  to  the  beholders,  or  hearers. 
There  is  no  maner  of  creeping 
beaft  hurtful,  except  fome  Spi- 
ders (which,  as  mai.y  affirme,areSignes  of 
lignes  of  great  ftore  of  Golde  :)8o^d  aure. 
and  alfo  certeine  flinging  Gnattes, 
which  bite  fo  fiercely,  that  the 
place   where   they  bite,    fhortlySe"? 
after  fwelleth,  and  itcheth  very 
fore.  ^ 

They  make  fignes  of  certeine  Signes  of 
people,  :hat  weare  bright  plates  of  ^".''^  ^''"" 
Gold  in  their  forheads,  and  other ^le"'" 
places  of  their  bodies.  The 


56  "T^be  laji  voyage 

Defcrip-        The  Countries,  on  both  fides 

irri*°'h5   ftf^ghtes,    lye   very   highe 
with  roughe  ftonie  mounteynes, 
and    great    quantitie   of   fnowe 
No  graffe,  thereon.      There   is   very   little 
like  mofle.  p]aine  ground,  and  no  grafle,  ex- 
cept a  litle,  whiche  is  much  like 
vnto  mofle  that  groweth  on  foft 
ground,  fuch  as  we  gett  Turfes 
Countrie  in.    There  is  no  wood  at  all.  To 
eth*n"h'^^®  briefe,  there  is  nothing  fitte, 
ing  with    or  profitable  for  y°  vfe  of  man, 
roote,  fitt  which  that  Countrie  with  roote 
o7mtn/'''yeeldeth,     or     bringeth    forth: 
Howbeit,  there  is  great  quantitie 
Deere       of  Deere,  whofe  fkinnes  are  lik- 
with  ftin- y^jQ  Afles,  their  heads  or  homes 

IJi  Afles.       doe  farre  exceed,  as  wel  in  length 

as  alfo  in  breadth,  any  in  thefe 
oure  partes  01  Countrie :  their 
feete  likewife,  are  as  great  as 
oure  oxens,  whiche  we  meafured 
to  be  feuen  or  eight  ynches  in 
breadth.     There  are  alfo  Hares, 

Wolues, 


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Wolues,  fifliing  Beares,  and  Sea  Hares, 
foule  of  fundrie  fortes.  fifh°'""'  * 

As  the  Countrie  is  barren  and  bearel 
vnfertile,  fo  are  they  rude  and  of 
no  capacitie  to  culture  the  fame, 
to  any  perfection :  but  are  con- 
tented by  their  hunting,  fiflijng, 
and  fowling,  with  rawe  flefh  and 
warme  bloud,  to  fatiffie  their 
greedie  panches,  whiche  is  their 
onely  glorie. 

There  is  great   likelyhood  of  A  figne  of 
Earthquakes,  or  thunder :  for  that  ""*"- 
huge  and  monftruous  mounteynes?hunder°'' 
whofe    greateft    fubftaunce    are 
ftones,  and  thofe  ftones  fo  (haken 
with  Ibme  extraordinarie  meanes, 
that  one  is  feparated  from  an- 
other, whiche  is  difcordant  from 
all  other  Quarries. 

There  are  no  riuers  or  running  No  riuers. 
iprmges,  but  fuch,  as  through  thebutfuchas 

heate  of  the  Sunne,   with  fuch  ^''*' ^"""^ 

water   as   defcendeth    from   thewufe  to 

moun- 


58  T^he  iaji  voyage 

fiXV^    mounteines  and   hills,    whereon 

great  driftes  of  fnowe  doe  lie,  are 

ingendred. 

Aproba-       It    argueth    alfo,    that   there 

biiitie,      fliould  be  none :    for   that    the 

Jhoiid  be'  ^^^^^'  w^^^  ^^^^  '^^  extremitie 
no  other  of  the  Winter,  is  fo  frofen  within, 
fpringor  that  that  water,  whiche  fhould 

lllHIll  i  riuers  1  r        -  ^  •       t       r 

in  tijg      haue  recourle  within  the  lame,  to 

ground,     mainteine  Springes,  hath  not  his 

motion,    whereof   great    waters 

Sfe'^rTgi.  ¥"®  ^^^^^  originall,  as  by  expe- 

nai  of       rience  is  feene  otherwhere.  Such 

great        valleies,  as  are  capable  to  receiue 

the  water,  that  in  the  Summer 


11  i 


IS 


•  time,    by    the   operation   of  the 

III;  Sunne,   defcendeth    from    great 

abundance  of  fnow,  whiche  con- 
tinually lyeth  on  the  mounteines, 
and  hath  no  paflage,  linketh  into 
the  earth,  and  fo  vaniftieth  awaye, 
without  any  runnell  aboue  the 
earth,  by  which  occafion,  or  con- 
tinual ftanding  of  the  faid  water, 

the 


:i;'    111 


,i„| 


I 


of  Capteine  Frobijher.  59 

the  earth  is  opened,  and  the  great  The ftones 
troft  yeldeth  to  the  force  thereof  ^'"^^V^   . 
whiche  in  other  places,  foure  o;^^;^ 
hue  fathoms  within  the  ground  ^- ^"J*- 
for  lacke  of  the  faid  moyfture,' °'"'- 
(the  earth,  euen  in  the  very  Sum- 
mer time,)  is  frofen,  and  fo  com- 
bmeth  the  ftones  together,  that 
icarcely  inftruments,  with  great 
rorce,  can  vnknitte  them. 

Alfo,  where  the  water  in  thofe 
valhes  can  haue  no  fuch  pafTaee 
away,  by  the  continuaunce  of 
time,  m  fuch  order  as  is  before 
rehearfed,    the    yearely    defcent 

trom  the  mounteines,  filleth  them 
tul,  that  at  the  loweft  banck  of       ^ 
the  fame,  they  fall  into  the  next 
vaihe,  and  fo  continue,  as  fifhin^ 
Pondes  or  Stagnes  in  the  Sum-ru  k 
mer  time  full  of  water,  and  'J^^Z 
the  Wmter  hard  frofen:    as  bv"'''^°'"- 
flcarres  that  remaine  thereof  in  ^11; 
bummer,  may  en  fily  be  perceiued :  Winter. 

fo  that 


I 

1 1!  11 


m 


60  TAe  laji  voyage 

fo  that,  the  heate  of  Summer,  is 
nothing  comparable,  or  of  force, 
to  diflblue  the  extremitieof  colde, 
that  commeth  in  Winter. 
Springes        Neuerthelefle,    I   am   aflured 

Wo?'  '^^'  .^^^owe  t^e  force  of  the  froft, 
the  froft  within  the  earth,  the  waters  haue 
whhintherecourfe,  and  emptie  themfelues 

out  of  fighte  into  the  fea,  which 
The  earth '^^ough  the  extremitie  of  the 
by  occa-  froft,  are  conftreyned  to  doe  the 
fionof  froft  fame,  by  which  occafion,  the 
warmer,    ^arth  within  is  kept  the  warmer, 

and  fpringes  haue  their  recourfe, 
no3  which  is  the  lely  nutriment  of 
gold.'        ^°^^  ^"^^  Minerals  within   the 

fame. 

There  is  much  to  be  faid  of 
the  commodities  of  thefe  Coun- 
tries, which  are  couched  within 
the  bowels  of  the  earth,  which  I 
let  pafle  till  more  perfeft  triall  be 
made  thereof. 

Thus  conieduring,  till  time, 

with 


ofCapteine  Frobijher.  6 1 

with  the  earned  induftrie  of  our  An  end  of 
Generall  and  others  (who  bv  al  J"""'^^"" 

,j:i:^  •  v"*'"    "/  **Mng  time 

diligence  remaine  preft  to  explore  further 
the  truth  of  that  which  is  vnex-  ""."'^  *"'' 
plored,  as  he  hath  to  his  euerlaft-  '"'"• 
ing  praife  found  out  that  whiche 
IS  like  to  yeelde  an  innumerable 
benefite  to  his  Prince  &  coun- 
trie:)  offer  further  triall,  I  con- 
clude. 

k  l^r  U'  ?^  A"g"ft»  after  weeshippes 
nad   latilhed   our   mindes    with^«'sfied 
frayght  fufficient,  for  oure  veirekr^*^  ^"'■" 
though  not  our  couetous  defires,  men"; 
with    fuch    knowledge   of   the'"'"'^" 
countrie  people  and  oth^r  com-tTmeT" 
modities  as  are  before  rehearfed, 
the  24.  therof  wee  departed  there  Our  de- 
nence:  the  17.  of  September  we  pa"u re 
tell  with  y"  lands  end  of  England  ^'°"'  ^^"^"^ 
and  fo  to   Mi7ford  >^^«.«,  from' ""'""• 
whence  our  General  rode  to  the 
Court,  for  order,  to  what  port  or 
hauen  to  condudb  the  (hippe. 
We  loft  our  two  Barkes  in  the 

way 


62  The  laft  voyage 

Howe,andy^ay  homeward,  the  one,  the  29. 

l^«'o°;r"!of  Auguft,  the  other,  the  ii.  of 

Barks,       the  fame  moneth,  by  occaiion  of 

which      great  tempeft  and  fogee.    How- 
God  neu-  p   .        ^     r       rL        J  °L 

ertheieffe  belt,  God  Fcltored  the  one  to 
reftored.  Brt/iowe,  and  y**  other  making  his 
courfe  by  Scot/and  to  Yermouth. 
In  this  voyage  wee  loft  two  men, 
one  in  the  waye  by  Gods  vifita- 
tion,  and  the  other  homewarde 
caft  ouer  borde  with  a  furge  of 
the  fea. 

The  con-  ^V  Could  declare  vnto  your  Hon- 
ciufion.  J  Q^j.^  ^j^g  Latitude  and  Longi- 
tude of  fuch  places  and  regions, 
as  wee  haue  beene  at,  but  not  al- 
together fo  perfedt  as  our  maifters 
and  others,  with  many  circum- 
ftances  of  tempefts  and  other  ac- 
cidents incident  to  fea  faring  men, 
which  feeme  not  altogether 
ftraunge,  I  let  pafle  to  their  re- 
portes  as  men  moft  apte  to  fett 

forth 


« 


ofCapteine  Frobijher.  63 

forth  and  declare  the  fame.  I 
haue  alfo  left  the  names  of  the 
countries  on  both  the  flioares  vn- 
touched,  for  lacke  of  vnderftand- 
ing  the  Peoples  language  :  as  alfo 
for  fundrie  refpeftes,  not  needfull 
as  yet  to  be  declared. 

Countries  new  explored,  where 
commoditie  is  to  be  loked  for, 
doe  better  accord  with  a  new 
name  giuen  by  the  explorers,  then 
an  vncerteine  name  by  a  doubt- 
full  Authour. 

Our  Generall  named  fundrie 
Iflands,  Mounteines,  Capes,  and 
Harboroughs  after  the  names  of 
diuers  Noble  men,  and  other  gen- 
tlemen his  friends,  as  wel  on  the 
one  (hoare,  as  alfo  on  the  other : 
not  forgetting  amongeft  the  refte 
your  Lordfhip  :  whiche  hereafter 
(when  occafion  ferueth)  are  to  be 
declared  in  his  own  Mapps 
or  Charts. 


FINIS. 


